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Many mistakes on English Daily

Learn Colloquial Speech by Movie Lines [adjectives don't form plurals
in English so no need for the 's' on Movie]

Learn English through Advertisements [not 'by']

Sample Bank Letters [or 'Sample Letters from a Bank']

Obviously there's a lot more to the site than the front page so I'd
recommend you sit down and proof it well. If you can't find a willing
English teacher, perhaps import the text into Word and do a Grammar check.
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I got this comment from someone who did a review on my site. Can you please comment on his points ?

Re: Many mistakes on English Daily

Learn Colloquial Speech by Movie Lines [adjectives don't form plurals
in English so no need for the 's' on Movie]

Learn English through Advertisements [not 'by']

Sample Bank Letters [or 'Sample Letters from a Bank']

Obviously there's a lot more to the site than the front page so I'd
recommend you sit down and proof it well. If you can't find a willing
English teacher, perhaps import the text into Word and do a Grammar check.
***************

I got this comment from someone who did a review on my site. Can you please comment on his points ?

It is difficult to comment without seeing the originals. Can you post both versions?

But his point is that ' movies lines ' is wrong, but when I typed ' movies lines ' in Google search box. I can find many sites using the similar phrase, and I believe he is wrong about it not to have s for a noun used as an adjective. How about " weapons program " ? I came across it many many times at the renowned newspapers.

Ok, fair enough. Learn English by Advertisements is wrong logically. But he suggests ' through ' advertisements. In fact, ' by ' ' with ' ' through ' are almost the same.

eg I paid by ( with ) ( through ) cash.

The only one I sort of agree is ' examples ' :p. There is no need to be plural.

enlistment posters ? I don't get it :P:P

To play safe, I think I'd better stick to your suggestions, Ron :) Here it goes - suggestion or suggestions ? As a non-native, we treat it as more than one. My head is spinning now :)

Then to say that ' Colloquial speech in Movie Lines ' is fine, right ?

My approach to English is right I guess, read good books and imitate good speeches because as a non-native the more we try to analyse the more confused we are. There are always exceptions in a language.

But this time I just borrowed the wrong phrase :p.

After years of studying, we still cannot shake off the singular or plural nightmare. This is really frustrating.

Then to say that ' Colloquial speech in Movie Lines ' is fine, right ?

Yes, that is good.

Originally Posted by whl626

My approach to English is right I guess, read good books and imitate good speeches because as a non-native the more we try to analyse the more confused we are. There are always exceptions in a language.

Of course, there is a difference between speeches and speech.

:wink:

Originally Posted by whl626

But this time I just borrowed the wrong phrase :p.

It gave me something to do.

:wink:

Originally Posted by whl626

After years of studying, we still cannot shake off the singular or plural nightmare. This is really frustrating.